Prison of Experiments

Chapter 5: Brain Tactics

"We're in the music room," Miles muttered. We all looked around in awe at the well-decorated classroom. Most of the classrooms were bland in how they were decorated, but this was the complete opposite. The walls were a pretty baby blue color, almost pastel, and they had an accent of simple whites, as well as a bit of gold specks around the room. Not only was this music room used to teach music, but the teacher certainly had an eye for all sorts of arts. Including the visual.

"So, where do we start?" I ask. I simply know nothing about music, absolute zilch. So I'd hope to rely on someone else to step up to the plate. Using a lot of brain power to escape the ICP room was enough to count me out.

"So, plainly, they've laid out some solfeges on the board," Felicity said. She pointed her finger and we followed her direction, and sure enough, there were magnetic, engraved plaques of all the solfeges of the scale on the board. These plaques could be moved around, seemingly, but they were placed strategically, and without Felicity's word, we weren't to move them. "There also seems to be keys hanging from each one, so each key corresponds to each solfege," she announced. Haley walked up to the board and inspected the keys one by one, as Miles and Reece sat back.

"Oh come on guys, at least try and help a little bit," Kiley groans. Reece simply shrugged and rolled his eyes, but Miles didn't follow.

"I just know jack squat about anything having to do with music or music theory. In fact it's a miracle I can even recognize this as music theory," he stated. I nodded, and Miles sat back calmly. He was the one to get us to a safe room in the first place, so I guess we should be thankful that he came to our rescue.

"Okay, so there's also questions along with each solfege and key, so maybe we have to answer the questions in order?" Haley pondered. Felicity nodded and made her way to the board as well, and gandered at the first question before saying it aloud.

"What term determines music?" she asked. All of us looked at her dumbfounded, so we all either shook our heads or shrugged. "Well, that could mean many different things... pitch maybe?" she said, with a bit of hesitancy lacing her voice. All of a sudden, we heard ticking. Miles shot straight up, and we looked around the room to locate the ticking, and then we heard a pleasant pop. Kiley looked at the shelf positioned behind them and there was an open box with a key inside.

"That wasn't open before we came in here right? Am I trippin?" they chuckled. Felicity smiled and walked over, grabbing the key.

"Now, where do we put this?" she asked the room. Me, Kiley, Miles and Reece had nothing to contribute, but it seemed Haley had an idea.

"Maybe we unlock the boxes with the keys in them in a certain order and then it opens some other place at some other point?" she offered. Felicity perked up, and her eyes glittered when she heard that.

"Haley, you're brilliant. Jaiden, read the next question. Read the one that has 're' along with it," Felicity said confidently. I walk over to the board and inspect the question before saying it out loud.

"What determines tempo?" I ask.

"Tempo," Felicity said quickly. She wasted no time in saying it, and we heard more ticking and a pop. Haley searched the room for the box, and found it on the floor near the teachers desk, grabbing the second key.

"Hey Miles, Reece? Everytime she says a question, can you maybe try and find a key, take it upon ourselves to help a little? Don't have to answer the questions, just help by searching cuz that'd be great," she boasted. Reece rolled his eyes before standing, and Miles stood proudly. "Alright, say the next one," Haley asked.

"What's another aspect alongside harmony that's in music?" I ask out loud once more.

"Hm..would it be a melody?" Felicity said with a wince in the face and her voice. More ticking followed by a pop happened, and Miles raced around the room, after finding the box right next to the door from the hallway we were running from. She's getting these with no problem, I'm just surprised she's shooting these like it's nothing. "Next one, let's go," she said, hopping a little bit as she stood.